AB-2509 • 2026

Education finance: average daily attendance: apportionments.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Schultz (A) , Solache
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: In committee: Held under submission.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Education finance: average daily attendance: apportionments.

AB 2509, as amended, Schultz.

What This Bill Does

AB 2509, as amended, Schultz.
Education finance: average daily attendance: apportionments.
Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified.
Existing law requires the local control funding formula, in part, to be based on average daily attendance, as defined.

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Bill History

2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-05-06 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-21 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 15).
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2509, as amended, Schultz.
Education finance: average daily attendance: apportionments.
Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified. Existing law requires the local control funding formula, in part, to be based on average daily attendance, as defined. For purposes of the local control funding formula, existing law requires a school district’s fiscal year average daily attendance to be computed using the 2nd principal apportionment regular average daily attendance for the greater of the current fiscal year, the prior fiscal year, or the average of the 3 most recent prior fiscal years, as specified.
This bill, for purposes of the local control funding formula, would require a school district’s fiscal year average daily attendance to be
computed using the average of the 5 most recent prior fiscal years, if that average is greater than the 3 averages described above.
For purposes of computing the regular average daily attendance, the bill would authorize a school district to exclude the 5 days, in which attendance was taken, with the lowest recorded attendance from the current fiscal year and the prior fiscal year.

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